According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute, in May this year Turkey's coking coal imports fell 4.2% compared to the previous month and were up 44.5% compared to May 2011 totaling 2.14 million tonnes.

In the first 5 months of 2012, Turkey's coking coal imports totaled 10.98 million tonnes increasing 17.2% compared to January to May 2011. Imports from Russia in the period in question amounted to 3.86 million tonnes rising by 1.3% while imports from Colombia in the first 5 months of the current year amounted to 2.8 million tonnes up 30.2% both compared to the same period of 2011

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